I'm wondering if anyone else thinks the ritualistic cannibalization of ones own savior is weird?

Answer 1

Yes it is weird and also very unbiblical.
Mithraism was a religion in the Roman Empire in the 1st through 5th centuries A.D. It was very popular among the Romans, especially among Roman soldiers, and was possibly the religion of several Roman emperors. While Mithraism was never given “official” status in the Roman empire, it was the de-facto official religion until Constantine and succeeding Roman emperors replaced Mithraism with Christianity. One of the key features of Mithraism was a sacrificial meal, which involved eating the flesh and drinking the blood of a bull. Mithras, the god of Mithraism, was “present” in the flesh and blood of the bull, and when consumed, granted salvation to those who partook of the sacrificial meal (theophagy, the eating of one’s god). Mithraism also had seven “sacraments,” making the similarities between Mithraism and Roman Catholicism too many to ignore. Constantine and his successors found an easy substitute for the sacrificial meal of Mithraism in concept of the Lord’s Supper / Christian Communion. Sadly, some early Christians had already begun to attach mysticism to the Lord’s Supper, rejecting the Biblical concept of a simple and worshipful remembrance of Christ’s death and shed blood. The Romanization of the Lord’s Supper made the transition to a sacrificial consumption of Jesus Christ, now known as the Catholic Mass / Eucharist, complete.

Answer 2

Yes that would be weird, wouldn't it? But then Mother Nature is pretty weird. Imagine a young organism sucking nourishment from its mother's chest! That has got to be really weird, but it happens in many species, including humans! How disrespectful can you get?
Now if you are thinking of Holy Communion, maybe you remember that the savior rose to life again, so his flesh is now eternal; not at all like eating a dead cow, for instance.
Good grief, but this world is weird enough; how can you pass judgment on the eternal?

Answer 3

Yes.

Fortunately I don't put any stock in the "miracle" of transformation or whatever it's called.

The few occasions I go to support people I care about who do believe.....I enjoy the grape juice and cracker/bread as a refreshing snack, and keep listening to the music.

Answer 4

YES very weird and disgraceful and evil too
if they realise how important the ritualistic is

why not they just kill all of them?

Answer 5

Yes. I find it not only weird but disgusting and not something I would want to be a part of, even symbolically.

Blessings,
Aviana

Answer 6

no more so than two people getting married that they may become "one". i think all rituals are just weird when one doesn't put any personal feelings into them.

Answer 7

It smacks of Necromancy to me...never really sat well with me when I was a Christian.

Answer 8

yes.